512 Suicide deaths in Kansas - 2016

P.17 - "The suicide age-adjusted death rate increased from 16.3 deaths per 100,000 population in 2015 to 17.8 deaths per 100,000 population in 2016."

P.123 - Suicide remains the second leading cause of death for the 15-24 age-group. Suicide also remains the second leading cause of death for the 25-44 age-group. Suicide has risen to the third leading cause of death for the 5-14 age-group. It is no longer a top five leading cause of death for the 45-64 age-group.

P.19 - "In 2016, 512 Kansas residents died due to suicide, up 7.3 percent from 477 suicide deaths in 2015. Almost four-fifths (78.3%) of suicide victims were male. The two age groups with the largest number of suicides were 25-34 (106 deaths) and 35-44 (90 deaths). The three most common methods of suicide were firearms (255 deaths), suffocation (132 deaths), and poisoning (82 deaths)."

P.23 - Approximately one Kansan died by suicide each day in 2016.

P.119 - The average age of death by suicide was 44.3 in 2016.

P.120 - Suicide remains the 10th leading cause of death in Kansas.

P.136 - Suicide accounted for approximately 16,015 years of potential life lost in 2016.

477 Suicide deaths in Kansas - 2015

P.7 - "The suicide age-adjusted death rate increased from 15.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2014 to 16.3 deaths per 100,000 population in 2015."

P.124 - Suicide is the third leading cause of death for the 5-14 age group (5 deaths). Suicide is the third leading cause of death for the 15-24 age-group (63 deaths). Suicide is the second leading cause of death for the 25-44 age-group (164 deaths).It is not a top five leading cause of death for the 45-64 age-group.

P.9 - "In 2015, 477 Kansas residents died due to suicide, up 5.1 percent from 454 suicide deaths in 2014. Almost four-fifths (78.4%) of suicide victims were male. The two age groups with the largest number of suicides were 25-34 (97 deaths) and 45-54 (91 deaths). The three most common methods of suicide were firearms (224 deaths), suffocation (147 deaths), and poisoning (75 deaths)." See Tables E8, E14, E22)

P.12 - Approximately one Kansan died by suicide each day in 2016.

P.120 - The average age of death by suicide was 45.5 in 2015.

P.121 - Suicide remains the 10th leading cause of death in Kansas.

P.138 - Suicide accounted for approximately 14,360 years of potential life lost before the age of 75 in 2016.

454 Suicide deaths in Kansas - 2014

P.7 - "The suicide age-adjusted death rate increased from 14.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2013 to 15.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2014."

P.8 - "Males and females died from suicide at about the same average ages (46.7 and 46.9, respectively)."

P.8 & P.120 - Suicide remains the second leading cause of death for the 15-24 age-group. Suicide also remains the second leading cause of death for the 25-44 age-group. Suicide has fallen to the fourth leading cause of death for the 5-14 age-group. It remains the 5th leading cause of death for the 45-64 age-group.

P.9 - "In 2014, 454 Kansas residents died due to suicide, up 6.6 percent from 426 suicide deaths in 2013. Almost four-fifths (78.6%) of suicide victims were male. The two age groups with the largest number of suicides were 45-54 (92 deaths) and 55-64 (76 deaths). The three most common methods of suicide were firearms (237 deaths), suffocation (123 deaths), and poisoning (65 deaths)."

P.12 - Approximately one Kansan died by suicide each day in 2014.

P.116 - The average age of death by suicide was 46.8 in 2014.

P.117 - Suicide remains the 10th leading cause of death in Kansas.

P.132 - Suicide accounted for approximately 13,107 years of potential life lost in 2014.

426 Suicide Deaths in Kansas

P.7 - "The suicide age-adjusted death rate decreased from 17.6 deaths per 100,000 population in 2012 to 14.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2013, but the change was not statistically significant."

P.8 - "Males and females died from suicide at about the same average ages (46.7 and 47, respectively)."

P.8 - "Suicide was the second leading cause of death for the 15-24 age-group." (Suicide is also the second leading cause of death for the 25-44 age-group. It is the third leading cause of death for the 5-14 age-group.)

P.9 - "In 2013, 426 Kansas residents died due to suicide, down 15.6 percent from 505 suicide deaths in 2012. Over four-fifths (81.2%) of suicide victims were male. The two age groups with the largest number of suicides were 45-54 (94 deaths) and 55-64 (76 deaths). The three most common methods of suicide were firearms (240 deaths), suffocation (96 deaths), and poisoning (62 deaths)."

P.12 - Approximately one Kansan dies by suicide every day.

P.117 - Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death for Kansas residents of all ages.

P.130 - Suicide accounted for approximately 12,279 years of life lost in 2013.

2009: 382 people, rate of 13,6/100,000

2008: 337 people, rate of 12.1/100,000

The suicide death rate per 100,000 population for 20-24-year-olds is 16.7, significantly higher than the national rate of 10.5 for the same year. in 2010, there were 14 suicides by people between the ages of 10 and 14.

107 kids between the ages of 15-19 died by suicide from 2006-2010, enough to fill 1.5 school busses. 49 of these deaths were by firearm.